Hi, hope someone can help me with this annoying problem. I have a Hercules GF2 MX video card running on an Asus A7V KT133 Apollo M/B, Athlon 1Ghz CPU, which I have never been able to run at 4xAGP. If I change the system mode to 'Normal' (1x, 2x AGP) it works just fine. If I try 'Optimal' mode (which enables 4x AGP) then the PC boots fine but as soon as I try to run a DX8 game, or DXDiag.exe video tests (you know - the spinning textured cube test) then the display locks up within about 5 seconds. My question is, is this a cooling issue, driver issue, AGP slot power issue or something else? Would it be solved by buying a GF3 or 4? I've detailed some more specs below showing what combinations of things I tried to solve it - nothing works!
OS: Both Win ME and Win 2000 (original OEM versions + versions with latest service packs)
Video drivers: many different versions, both Hercules and Detonator. Original (over 1 yr old) + latest XP drivers.
VIA 4in1 - various versions tried, always installed in Turbo mode
Direct X - both 7 + 8
M/b Bios version - never touched - still 1004
Video bios - never touched still 008 version
I hope someone can help me on this! In the five seconds before the PC crashes I can see the power of 4xAGP and I want it bad!!! :-)
OS: Both Win ME and Win 2000 (original OEM versions + versions with latest service packs)
Video drivers: many different versions, both Hercules and Detonator. Original (over 1 yr old) + latest XP drivers.
VIA 4in1 - various versions tried, always installed in Turbo mode
Direct X - both 7 + 8
M/b Bios version - never touched - still 1004
Video bios - never touched still 008 version
I hope someone can help me on this! In the five seconds before the PC crashes I can see the power of 4xAGP and I want it bad!!! :-)
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